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Biography


EDUCATION

1991 Upgraded undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria
1989 & 87 Art Studio program, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta; May-August
1983 Bachelor of Fine Arts, (First Class), University of Victoria

GRANTS, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & RESIDENCIES

2005 Djerassi Artist Residency Program
2003 BCAC Project Assistance Award
2003 GICAC Arts Grant
2002 Canada Council Travel Grant
2002 SilvrettAtelier Symposium: Artist's Residency in Austria (Invitational)
2002 Vancouver Foundation Visual Arts Development Award
2001 Canada Council Travel Grant
2001 Gibraltar Point Arts Centre Artists Residency Award
2000 BC Arts Council Project Assistance Award
1999 Canada Council Travel Grant
1995 Canada Council Short-term Grant
1990 GICAC Individual Artist's Grant
1989 & 87 Gertrude and Ernest E. Poole Scholarship, The Banff Centre of Fine Arts.
1989 & 87 GICAC Study Grant
1982 & 81 Heather Cragg Scholarship and the University of Victoria's President's Scholarship awarded both years for outstanding work in the visual arts.

LECTURES, TEACHING & INTERVIEWS

2003 CFRO Radio, Interview about "Gesture" August 22.
2003 CBC Radio, Richardson's Roundup. Interview about "Gesture." July 25.
2003 Grant Writing Workshop, CED Project, Saltspring Island.
2002 Printmaking workshop, Saltspring Painters Guild
2002 Illustrated Lecture "Can art have meaning?" ArtSpring Arts Centre, July 26.
2002 Saltspring Island Artists in the Schools
2001 Illustrated Lecture "As Necessary as Hunger" Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Nov.19.
2000 Lecture, "Quantifying the Unquantifiable" SAG, October 29.
1995 Six week class (adult ed): "Drawing; Process and Technique"
1988 Drawing Workshop, Saltspring Painters Guild
1988 BC Artists in the Schools Program
1988,82,81,80 & 79 Natural and Human History Interpreter, BC Parks.
1980,79,78 Taught adult education classes at North Island College.

COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs

BIBLIOGRAPHY/SELECTED REVIEWS

Amos, Robert. "Of artists' pain and power in dealing with the big issues." Times Colonist, 21 March, 1992: C6
Browne, Alex. "The Edge of the Infinite." Peace Arch News,17 Jan. 2001: A33
Crainic, Corina. "Conceptions, ou pourquoi la femme est femme." Le Délit, 27 février 2001, p.10
Goldhar, Nancy. "Correspondences" FUSE Magazine May-June 1993: 41-43.
Laurence, Robin. "Drawing A Line In The Sand" The Georgia Straight, August 21-27, 2003
Laurence, Robin. "Artist Finds Beauty and Wonder in Foliage." The Georgia Straight, January 18-25, 2001
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. "Au Poil!" Voir, 28 août 2003
McLeod, Dayna. "Mother's little helper." hour, 8 March 2001, p.24.
Owens, Yvonne. "Broken Childhood". Artichoke, Summer 1997: 50-51
Price, Jill. "Bricolage Reinvents Reality". Scene Magazine, 26 June, 1997.
Scott, Michael. "Stark honesty in Conceptual Art". The Vancouver Sun, 11 August, 1999: C6
Sujberg, Gail. "Unabashedly public beach art is Thompson's new passion" G.I. Driftwood, Oct 2, 2003

SELECTED ARTICLES

Brayshaw, Christopher. "Postcards from the art world" The Vancouver Courier, 10 Jan. 2001.
Burkette, Pat. "Tidal Art" Times Colonist, 24 August 2003: D12
Campbell, Leslie. "Conceptions: An Art Exhibit About the Birth Experience" Focus on Women, May 1998.
Columbo, Serena. "Natura Come Arte, Arte Nella Natura" New Music (Italy), June 2003 :82-85
Glasser, Penelope. "Hide and Seek" Matriart 6.4 (1997):18-21.
Kubaczek, Martin. "Kunst unter der Staumauer" Kultur (Austria) April 2003
Laurence, Robin. "Diana Lynn Thompson" Canadian Art, 20.4 (2003):109-110
Penn, Briony. "Legends of the Fall" Monday Magazine, Nov 9-15, 2000.
Ridington, Jillian. "The Art of Motherhood" Herizons 14.3 (2001):10-11.
Waskito, Jolanda. "Dolls bring memories to art exhibit at Evergreen Gallery" The NOW, Sept. 30, 1998.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Artropolis'93, Public Art and Art about Public Issues. Kelly, Langford, Lund and Rosenberg, editors. Catalogue of an exhibition, 1993:144.
Artropolis, Celebrating Contemporary B.C. Visual art. Doyle and Melcombe, editors. Catalogue of an exhibition, 2001:124.
Culjat, Alexandria. Visible Evidence: Doric, Rodger, Thompson. Catalogue of an exhibition, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria 1992.
Carmanah, Artistic Visions of an Ancient Rainforest. Raincoast Books, 1989: 148-49.
Fitzharris, Tim. Wildflowers of Canada. Oxford University Press, Toronto:1986. 125 botanical illustrations.
La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Recettes de Performance/ Performance Recipe Book, 2002.
SilvrettAtelier 2003, Catalogue of an exhibition, Palais Liechtenstein, Vorarlberger Illwerke, 2003.
Thompson, Diana. Artwork on front & back cover, pp: 8, 9, 51, 81. Canadian Woman Studies,13:3
Thompson, Diana Lynn. Artwork on front & back cover, pp: 31,32,33, "Conceptions" Contemporary Verse Two, 23:4
Thompson, Diana. "Witness:" Matriart 2.2 (1992): 15-17
Thompson, Diana. "Hundreds and Thousands" BC Museums Roundup 223 (2003) 16-17.
Thompson, Diana. Memory's Children. Catalogue of an exhibition, self-published, 1997.
Warland, Betsy, Davidson, Liane and Thompson, D. L. Hundreds & Thousands. Catalogue of an exhibition, Surrey Art Gallery, 2001.
Ylitalo, Toppings, Curnoe and Baillargeon. Key. Catalogue of an exhibition, Walter Phillips Gallery, 1989.

VIDEO

Artropolis '93, Process and Transformation, Pettigrew Productions, 1994. Contains several details and a short feature about my installation at the Woodwards Building. Meander Roland Haas and D. L. Thompson 2003. 7.5 minute documentary of my work at SilvrettAtelier EXHIBITION LIST

ENVIRONMENTAL INSERTIONS & INSTALLATIONS, PERFORMANCE, PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY ART

2003 "Gesture" Installations, insertions and drawings on beaches in Vancouver, Victoria, and Saltspring Island
2002 "Meander" Outdoor installation, Silvretta, Austria. August.
2002-04 "Community Flower Circle" Peace Park, Ganges BC. June 20 or 21 each year 9am-9pm.
2001-03 "Alluvion" Environmental insertion /Public Art Project.
2001 "A line on a pond" Ephemeral environmental installation/performance piece, 3- 6pm Aug. 20, Atlin Art Centre BC.
2001 "Picea Glauca" Environmental installation, Atlin Art Centre BC. August.
2000-01 "Hundreds & Thousands" Environmental insertion / interactive exhibition. Numbering and writing on leaves in Bear Creek Park, Surrey Art Gallery; Feb-Oct. Continued at SAG, Oct-Feb.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004 Campbell River & District Public Art Gallery, Aug-Nov.
2001 La Centrale/Gallerie Powerhouse, Montreal, Quebec. Feb-March.
2000-01 Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey BC. Oct-Feb.
1999 Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond BC. July-Aug.
1999 Neutral Ground, Regina Sask. May.
1998 The Gallery at ECC, Coquitlam BC. Oct- Nov.
1998 Comox Valley Art Gallery, Courtenay BC. June-July.
1997 Xchanges Gallery, Victoria BC. Feb-Mar.
1993 A-Space. Toronto, April.
1991 Xchanges Gallery, Victoria BC. Sept

COLLABORATIONS

1997 "Artropolis '97:Browser" The Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC. Oct-Nov. With Lari and Dexter Robson.

OPEN STUDIO

2001 "Only Connect" Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, Toronto Island.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2004 "Interface: The New Victoria Open" AGGV June 25 - September 5
2003 "Le Cheveu: 12 stories" Galerie Espace, Montréal, 14 août au 2 sept 2003.
2003 "SilvrettAtelier 2002" Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch, Austria, March- April.
2001 "To Remain at a Distance 4" Open Space, Victoria BC. July. Installation: "Incunabula"
2001 "Artropolis 2001: Environment and Identity" Installation: The word and the leaf. CBC Studios, Vancouver, April.
1999 "Grrls 2000" Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, Dec.
1998 "To Remain at a Distance " Open Space, Victoria BC. July.
1997 "Voices from the Cracks" ARTLAB, University of Western Ontario, London Ont. June.
1997 "Bricolage" The Forest City Gallery, London Ont. June
1996 "The Doll Project" C.A.C. Gallery, Vancouver, June-July
1994 "Contemporary Canadian Artists" University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Sept-Oct.
1993 "Artropolis '93, Public Art and Art about Public Issues" Installation: The Pink Room Woodwards Building, Vancouver, Oct-Nov.
1992 "Visible Evidence" Three-person show (with Elsbeth Rodger and Uri Doric) Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, March-April.
1990 "Tsitika Robson Bight" Invitational. Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver, Dec.
1989 "Carmanah: Visions of an Ancient Rainforest" Invitational. Robson Square Media Centre, Vancouver, Nov.

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